Abstract
This study investigated a link between personality traits and organizational commitment in Thai scholarship students. Five factor model of personality, specifically Extraversion, and trait EI were used as predictors, and Allen & Meyer (1990)’s concept of organizational commitment was a criterion. 207 Thai scholarship students were participated. Results showed that Extraversion had a negative relationship with Continuance commitment. It had no signficantly related to Affective and Normative commitment whereas Agreeableness was found Significantly related to these two commitments. Conscientiousness was significantly related to Affective commitment while Intellect had a negative association with Normative commitment. Trait EI was hypothesised as an incremental explanatory factor. It was found positively significant relationship with Affective commitment, but had no association with other two components of commitment. Form this current research; it seem that more research with individual difference framework has to be done to find a consensus personality predictor of organizational commitment. Implications and limitations had been discussed.
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